About $85,000 netted from Flint company's auction of medical equipment from doctor accused of misdiagnosing patients

FLINT, MI -- Online bidders forked over about $85,000 via a Flint affiliate of an Internet auction company on Tuesday in a court-ordered auction of the remaining assets of the medical office of Dr. Farid Fata.

Fata, an Oakland County oncologist, is facing charges of intentionally misdiagnosing patients with cancer in a major Medicare fraud scheme.

The assets of the medical office were sold in a one-day,online auction by Repocast.com, an affiliate of Miedema Auctioneering & Appraisals Inc.

The inventory -- much of which is held at Repocast.com's Flint location -- included more than 500 pieces of medical equipment.

The government has also filed money laundering charges and alleges the practice billed Medicare $225 million from August 2007 to July 2013.

Prosecutors say some patients were repeatedly exposed to powerful drugs despite not having cancer.

Fata has denied that and is in jail awaiting trial, according to reports.